How does the caching system work?

Profile data is cached locally for one hour to improve performance and minimize API calls. You can force a fresh fetch using the --no-cache flag.

Does this skill work for GitHub Organizations?

Yes, the skill handles both individual users and organizations, returning relevant metadata like public repository counts and company bios for both.

Can I access private user information with this skill?

Yes, by providing a GitHub Personal Access Token via environment variables or the --token flag, you can access information permitted by your token's specific scopes.

What is the benefit of using a GitHub token?

Using a Personal Access Token increases your API rate limit from 60 to 5,000 requests per hour and allows access to more detailed profile information.

GitHub User Explorer

Name: GitHub User Explorer
Author: Mearman

byMearman

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Web Scraping & Data Collection

Retrieves comprehensive GitHub user and organization profile data including repository counts, follower statistics, and account metadata.

The GitHub User skill enables Claude to instantly fetch detailed profile information for any GitHub user or organization directly within your development environment. This capability is essential for researching package maintainers, analyzing contributor statistics, or verifying developer credentials without switching contexts. It provides a structured overview of biographical data, account age, hireable status, and activity levels, complete with built-in caching for performance and support for Personal Access Tokens to handle high-volume requests and private data visibility.

Key Features

01Unified support for both individual user and organization profiles

02Real-time account statistics for public repos, gists, and followers

03Integrated 1-hour caching system to optimize API rate limit usage

04Full profile metadata retrieval including bio, company, and location

05Flexible authentication via environment variables or CLI options

062 GitHub stars

Use Cases

01Analyzing organization profiles for company-specific developer statistics

02Verifying developer credentials and portfolio data during team collaboration

03Researching open-source package maintainers to evaluate project health

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add mearman/marketplace github-user

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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